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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-02-11, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987. Brussels Atoms lose exhibition game Brussels atoms played host to Howick atoms in an exhibition match Friday night. They were a bit too hospitable as the visitors left with a 2-1 victory. The two teams are a study in contrast. Howick relies heavily on Sam Doubleday and Aaron Ste­ wart, a pair of over-age boys, both fast skaters and hard shooters. Their defence centres around a brilliant Scott Reichard in between the pipes. Brussels on the other hand has a well balanced team which relies on disciplined defen­ sive positioning and control of the attacking players. Their attack comes from the fast breakouts, tenacious checking, constant mo­ tion and crisp passing. Doubleday opened the scoring early in the first period after fending off three Brussels check­ ers. The defence of Chris Steven­ son, Matt Lee, Jeremy Van Keulen and Todd Machan kept Howick at bay and maintained constant pressure in their end with a steady barrage of shots from the point. It took u ntil the third period following a change in position assignments before a goal resulted as Matt Lee found the net. The momentary lapse in forechecking allowed Stewart to break in from centre ice to score six minutes later. Despite a fusilade of shots and including the full final minute with an extra Blyth Novices swamp opposition BYRUSTYBLADES The Blyth Novice A-team put on an impressive display of hockey skills last week as they played two exhibition games and put two notches in the W column, while outscoring the oppositions 17-3. Last Wednesday, February 4 the Wingham Nov ices came to town and they were soundly trounced by the home town pucksters 7-1. Winghamopened the scoring less than a minute into the game but, from that point on, Blyth outplayed and out-passed Wing­ ham enroute to the victory. Shawn Hakkerstiedthegamefor Blyth before the first period ended as Ryan Chamney and Peter Craig notched the assists. There was no scoring in the second period until the final minute when Blyth exploded for three goals in 47 seconds to completely dmoralize the Wing­ ham team. First, Ryan Chamney scored an unassisted tally. Next shift, Henry Bos notched a pretty goal as he was set up beautifully by Jason Rutledge and Brian Mc- Nichol. Chris Howson completed the second stanza scoring with 10 seconds left as Brian McNichol and Scott Arthur recorded helpers on the play. Three more unanswered goals were scored by Blyth in the third period as Peter Craig garner­ ed another assist on Ryan Cham­ ney's second goal of the game to give Blyth a 5 - 1 lead. Then, Jon at han Collins sent a clearing pass to Brian McNichol who scored on another one of his patented wrist shots. The scoring was completed with 23 seconds left in the game as Ryan Chamney recorded the hat-trick as he took a pass from Benjie Hakkers in the corner, carried it to the front of the Wingham goal and slid a backhand shot along the ice and into the net. Blyth played perhaps one of its bestgamesoftheseasoninthis7-1 win as every part of their game was working and in high gear. THUMP RIPLEY 10 -2 An equally impressive contest was played on Saturday, February 7 as the locals travelled to Ripley for a rematch of an earlier contest. Blyth avenged the earlier defeat with a complete team effort from the goal line out in an exciting 10-2 thumping. Blyth set the tempo of the game early as they scored two goals in the first minute and five seconds of the game. Iremember a game Blyth played in Ripley last year when they won by a 10 - 0 score. In that game, if my memory serves me correct, Peter Craig recorded the hat-trick on some impressive rink-length rush­ es. Well, Peter seems to enjoy playing in this arena as he opened the scoringfor Blyth 27 seconds into the game on another marvel­ lous dash from behind his own goal which ended as the puck hit the twine behind the Ripley netmind- er. Thirty-eight seconds later, Henry Bos and Ryan Chamney picked up assists as Jason Rut­ ledge scored on the rebound of Ryan’s shot. Blyth upped the count to 3 - 0 before the first period ended as hard-working defenceman Jon­ athan Collins sent a clearing pass out behind the Ripley defence. Henry Bos outraced the Ripley defence to the puck and went in alone on the Ripley goal. The Scoring Machine made no mistake on the breakaway as he completely befuddled the Ripley goalkeeper. Henry opened the second period scoring as he was positioned perfectly in the slot to take the relay from Jason Rutledge and Ryan Chamney. He made no mistake with his shot as Blyth opened up a 4 -Olead. Ripley finally got on the scoreboard but Blyth got that goal back 16 seconds later. Benjie Hakkers sent Brian McNichol through on another breakaway and a devastating wrist shot by Brian dented the mesh behind a startled goalie. The second period ended 6 - 1 as Ryan Chamney carried the puck from deep in his own end, down the ice and put a hard shot on the Ripley net that the goalie stopped. However, he couldn’t control the rebound and an opportunistic Jason Rutledge stuffed the re­ bound home for his second goal of the contest. Goal number seven for Blyth opened the scoring in the third period as Scott Arthur scored on an goalmouth scramble with assists being credited to Brian McNichol and Benjie Hakkers. Ripley notch­ ed their second goal of the game but Blyth responded with three goals in the final three minutes to humble Ripley with a 10 - 2 triumph. Brian McNichol scored his se­ cond of the game as he won a face-off outside the Ripley zone. He carried the puck through the defenders and he made another nice wrist shot count on this unassisted tally. Less than a minute later, defenceman Peter Craig swung back into action as he put on a fantastic display of puck-handling skills on another impressive rink­ length dash which ended once again with the small, black, rubber disc lying on the ice behind the Ripley netminder. The final goal of the game came in the final minute. Ryan Chamney stole the puck from the Ripley defence inside the Ripley zone and put a shot on net. The goalie made the stop but the puck lay in the crease for what seemed an etern- ■ ity. Henry Bos could sense that a hat-trick was near and he dove for thepuckand poked it across the goal line with his stick. This ended another solid team effort of a 10 - 2 win as Frederick Datema and Shawn Hakkers played a very solid defensive game to continuously frustrate the Ripley offence. Goal tender MikedeJongand Chris Lee played exceptionally well between the pipes as they made some very key saves to preserve early Blyth leads. Let’s hope this togetherness continues as two more games are scheduled this week. On Wednesday, Febru­ ary 11, the Hensail novices are coming to town for a mid-week exhibition match up. Then on Saturday, February 14 the A-Team travels to Mitchell to complete the team ’ s regular schedule in what no doubtwillbe a Valentine’s Day heart stopper. attacker we failed to score as their goalie frustrated our every at­ tempt. In regular season play the team, continues undefeated as they; pummelled Belgrave in a double header Saturday morning and afternoon. Despite Belgrave scor­ ing first in both games (Mark and Brad Robinson traded goals and assists) Brussels rolled up scores of 9 - 1 and 6 - 1. Further evidence of the balance and spirit of this team is that virtually every member tallied a goal or an assist over the two games. Wallace comes to Brussels on Friday night for the second last regular season game. On Sunday, the team clambers aboard the booster bus to do battle in the Williamsford tournament. Man hurt in Belgrave crash A 72-year-old man was injured in a car-truck collision in Belgrave on February 2 which totalled the car and caused more than $16,000 damage to a tractor-trailer. According to the Wingham OPP, Harold Whitehead of Scott St., Wingham, was northbound on Hwy. 4, travelling in the centre of the highway, when the trucker, Robert Grey, 36, of Hanover, travelling south, braked to avoid a collision. 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